Restaurants
Nick Lander – aka Mr Jancis Robinson – was the Financial Times restaurant critic from 1989 to 2022. Now, every Sunday, he writes about restaurants exclusively for us, with occasional contributions from other food-obsessed members of the JancisRobinson.com team.
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Jancis's diary – February 2026
A short month in London with just one sortie, to Barcelona for 48 hours. Nick took this picture of Jancis and Ferran Adrià of El Bulli. On the first of...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 2 March 2026
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Perhaps the biggest difference in the two aspects of my career – writing this column and acting as hospitality consultant...
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What conclusions can be drawn from the following obviously closely related incidents? After Byron and Jamie’s Italian and several other...
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If there is one person who is extremely happy with FIFA’s decision to stage the 2026 World Cup in the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. My ideal restaurant table is table 32, or any...
Nick on restaurants
Myrtle Allen, who died yesterday at the age of 94 in the Cork University Hospital surrounded by her family, was...
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The smile that was beginning to reappear on the faces of many restaurateurs across the UK, inspired by a slight...
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7 June 2018 As London gets more and more summery, we reprise a three-year-old article by Nick, spelling out some...
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A version of this article is published in the Financial Times. A week in Tuscany last month was very beautiful...
Nick on restaurants
The two menus (battle-worn, from a reviewer's pocket) shown below share several similarities. Both are written quite plainly in black...
Nick on restaurants
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also How not to eat out. Hide restaurant...
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May and June must be two of the best months to be in Paris. The days are long. The weather...
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As royal wedding fever intensifies, we republish this article published on Purple Pages on Tuesday.
On one of the most...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Only one question kept bothering me after our highly...
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I’ve got to get this off my chest. Londoners may have heard of the hot new restaurant opening, Hide in...
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See also Changing States of somm. Last week I gave a talk in Barcelona entitled ‘Wine experiences from the greatest...